Cuff-holder



(No Model.)

H. D. MUGERDITGHYAN.

CUFF HOLDER.

No. 457,210. Patented Aug. 4,1891.

Mwaeaf UNITED STATES PATENT OF ICE.

HAIG DER MUGERDITCHYAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 457,210, dated August 4, 1891. Application filed April 16, 1891. Serial No. 389.179. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HAIG DER MUGER DITOHYAN, a subject of the Sultan of Turkey, residing at Chicago, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff- Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in cuff-holders; and the object of the invention is to provide a cuff-holder by means of which the cuif may be readily adj usted without detaciing the holder from the shirt or from the on In carrying out my invention I provide a plate or bar having an offset end adapted for engagement with the button-holes at the inner end of the cuff, and said bar is longitudinally slotted to adapt it for a sliding connection with a clasp to engage the sleeve of the shirt. The means for making the sliding connection which I prefer to employ comprise, in addition to the slotted bar, a headed pin, the shank of which slides freely in the slot of the bar, the head being above the slot and the lower end of the pin being connected to one of the jaws of the clasp. This connection permits the clasp to be turned about the pin and atanydesired angle with relation to thebar, and also permits the bar to be adjusted endwise in adjusting the cuif. In order to lock the bar and clasp together, I employa toothed plate pivoted at one end to the inner end of the slotted bar and having by preference a keeper at its outer end to prevent its entire separation from the slotted bar and yet permit of its being swung with relation thereto.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows my im- 7 proved holder applied to a cuff. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the holder detached and shown in the closed position. Fig. 3 is asimilar view with the toothed bar swung out to permit of the adjustment of the cuff, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, A represents the slotted bar, which may be stamped or cut out by dies from sheet metal. The forward end of said ,bar has an offset portion B, which is adapted to be inserted through the button-holes c cof the cuif C.

D E represent the two jaws of a clasp of ordinary construction, the jaws being pivotally connected together and held normally closed by means of a spring. To the upper jaw, between its pivot and engaging end, is secured a pin F, the shank of which works "freely in a slot to in the bar A, and the headed face of the bar, whereby the upper end of the pin is proj ectedso as to be engaged by the plate.

In applying the holder the ofiset end B of the bar A will be inserted through the openings c c of the cuff, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. The clasp will then be affixed to the sleeve at any point desired, and the swinging plate will be closed so that its teeth Willembrace the pin F, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

It will be observed that the clasp may be swung freely, so as to cause it to engage the shirt either upon one side or the other of the bar, as desired, and at right angles thereto; or it may be engaged with the sleeve at any intermediate position. The offset end B, of the bar A will securely hold the cuff, the forward end of said offsetportion having an upward pressure on the under side of the'cuff, while thekeeper bears upon the upper side of thecuffontheoppositesidesofthebutton-holes or openings. The friction between thiskeeper and the cuff will tend to prevent accidental swinging of the plate and the releasing of the pin; but when it is desired to adjust the cuff out or in the plate is swung as shown in Fig. 3, and the cuff maybe slipped out or in without detaching the clasp from the shirt or the holder from the cuff.

An advantage of using a clasp which can be rotated freely with relation to the bar is that it permits of the engagement of the sleeve at any desired point, and itis alsoa distinct advantage to apply the 7 pin F at a-point be tween the engaging ends of the jaws of the clasp and their pivot, because when the pin rigidly held and is much stronger than if the pin F were secured to the clasp upon the opposite side of its pivot-pin.

1.. Acuff-holder comprising, in combination,

.is engaged by the toothed bar the fastener is IOO a bar adapted for attachment to the cuff, a clasp to engage the sleeve and having a sliding connection with the bar, and a toothed or notched locking-plate pivotally connected to the bar at one end and adapted to be swung on its pivot to engage the clasp whereby to lock it to the bar, substantially as described.

2. In a cuff-holder, the combination, with a longitudinally-slotted bar having one end.

means of a headed pin passing through the slot and connected to the clasp, and a toothed locking-plate pivotally connected at one end to the bar and having a keeper at its opposite end to engage the bar, whereby to limit the lateral ,movement of the plate, substantially as described.

4. In a cuff-holder, the combination, \vitha slottedbar, of a clasp having a sliding connection therewith by means of a pin secured with the clasp between its point of engagement with tltesleeve and the pivot of its jaws, said pin adapted to work in the slot, and a locking-plate pivoted to the bar, substantially as described.

HAIG DER MUGERDITCHYAN.

Witnesses:

O. O. LINTHICUM, N. M. BOND. 

